Whether you've been stuck in a rut with your genealogy research for the past year or you just want to expand the ways in which you pursue your family history, join ISGS for this fun and informative FREE webinar. Presented by nationally-known genealogist, educator and author Thomas MacEntee, you'll find out how to energize your research and hit the ground running in 2012.

Title:

10 Ways to Jump Start Your Genealogy in 2012

Date:

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Time:

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM CST

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Presenter:Constance Potter, archivist and genealogistTopic:Introduction of the 1940 Federal Census

Sponsor:Friends of the National Archives Southeast Region, Inc.

You won't want to miss this timely presentation by Connie Potter. Connie is a reference archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, DC, and specializes in federal records of interest to genealogists. She has a particular interest in, and affection for, federa

l census records. Potter has worked on the openings of the 1920, 1930, and, now, the 1940 census.

Although the webinar is free of charge, registration is required. Please join us!

GenealogyBank.com is a fee based website providing a comprehensive historical newspapers (with additional entries added frequently). The site is a great resource for genealogists and historians. This past week provided the ggs webmaster with two essential pieces of information for breaking down brick walls.

Although the webinar is free of charge, registration is required. Please join us!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

We all hope to have someone follow through with our genealogy when we
are gone. If you have a child, grandchild, student, or a scout - you
need to watch the recording of today's webinar by Maureen Taylor. In Children and Genealogy in the Classroom, Maureen gave many ideas on getting the young ones interested in family history.

By the way - today's webinar was number 50 since we began in
September 2010 - and our 41st this year alone. It is exciting to be part
of something that has extended the reach of genealogy education. Thanks
to all of our wonderful speakers and attendees!

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Digital Books and Sites for Genealogists with James Tanner, January 4.

Monday, December 12, 2011

If you have children or grandchildren, you won't want to miss this free webinar presented by Maureen Taylor:

Grab and hold the attention of kids with a series of multicultural
genealogical activities developed for use in the classroom, but useful
for kids in any setting. The material in this lecture is based on
Maureen's experience teaching school-age children about family and local
history.

The live webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 2PM
Eastern U.S., so register today to reserve your virtual seat.
Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to
join that day.

About the presenter
Maureen Taylor is an internationally recognized expert on the
intersection of history, genealogy, and photography. She has been
featured in top media outlets, including The View, Better Homes &
Gardens, the Boston Globe, Martha Stewart Living, MSNBC, DIY:
Scrapbooking, PBS Ancestors, Creative Memories' Lasting Moments,
DearMyrtle, and Satisfaction Magazine. Maureen is the author of a number
of books and magazine articles, as well as a contributing editor at
Family Tree Magazine. The Wall Street Journal calls Maureen “the
nation’s foremost historical photo detective.” Sign up for Maureen’s
free e-newsletter at www.MaureenTaylor.com. She is also the author of the following webinar CDs:

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

If
you have ancestors who came to America, you need to watch the recording
of today's webinar by Lisa Alzo. Tracking down our immigrant ancestors
can often be a daunting task. Lisa showed us tips and tricks for
locating and searching passenger lists and other key immigration
documents both on and offline.

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"Is My Pet Frog Part of My Family?" Children and Genealogy in the Classroom with Maureen Taylor, December 14.

Digital Books and Sites for Genealogists with James Tanner, January 4.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

What is Genetic Genealogy? What tests are available and which one should I order? How much does a Genetic Genealogy test cost? Do I need to be a geneticist to understand my results?If you're a complete beginner to Genetic Genealogy and want the answers to these questions and more, then this webinar is for you! Attendees will learn about the history of genetic genealogy, be introduced to DNA basics and inheritance paths, learn about the different types of DNA tests available for genealogy at Family Tree DNA, and learn about resources that will help you make the most of your Genetic Genealogy experience.

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Discounts at Family Tree DNA!Attendees of Relative Roots' genetic genealogy webinars receive an exclusive, limited-time discount on select new test kit and upgrade orders from Family Tree DNA! Complete details are provided at the end of each webinar.Family Tree DNA is also currently holding a holiday sale, through December 31. Many of the Family Tree DNA tests are on sale, so visit their website soon to take advantage of these great prices. The webinar discount is not valid on products that are already on sale.

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Friday, December 2, 2011

"I knew the FlipPal was a great product, but this webinar makes me
think it should be nominated as Product of the Century," is what one
webinar attendee expressed after watching Gordon Nuttall's demonstration
of the Flip-Pal™ Mobile Scanner today. Another wrote, "my
nieces/nephews ages 2, 6, and 10 enjoyed using the flip-pal. With a
little direction, the two year old found the big "green" button. He was
thrilled!" After seeing how easy it is to use and learning about its
portability, I just might agree with these comments.

Save 10% on your Flip-Pal™ Mobile Scanner through Monday
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Monday, December 5, 2011. This goes nicely with the free shipping
promotion we currently have (free shipping to anywhere on orders $75 or
more through December 31, 2011). Click here for more information or to purchase.

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Tracing Immigrant Ancestors with Lisa Alzo, December 7.

"Is My Pet Frog Part of My Family?" Children and Genealogy in the Classroom with Maureen Taylor, December 14.

Digital Books and Sites for Genealogists with James Tanner, January 4.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

America is a nation of immigrants, comprised of people who left home
to find a better life for themselves and their families. Tracking down
your immigrant ancestors can often be a daunting task. This webinar,
presented by Lisa Alzo, will show you tips and tricks for locating and
searching passenger lists and other key immigration documents both on
and offline to help you trace your roots.

The live webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 2PM
Eastern U.S., so register today to reserve your virtual seat.
Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to
join that day.

About the presenter
Lisa A. Alzo M.F.A. is a freelance writer, instructor, and
internationally-recognized lecturer, specializing in Slovak/Eastern
European genealogical research, writing your family history, and using
the Internet to trace female and immigrant ancestors. She is the author
of nine books, including the award-winning Three Slovak Women, and
hundreds of magazine articles, and writes the blog "The Accidental Genealogist." She is the author of the Ready, Set, Write! Share Your Family's Story webinar-on-CD.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The recording of today's webinar, A Closer Look at Google+
by Dan Lynch is now available to view in our webinar archives for a
limited time. He provided an in-depth look into one of Google's newest
features and showed how it can help genealogists get and stay connected
with other researchers, family members, and friends. Immediately after
the webinar he hosted a live hangout with webinar attendees.

Dan also announced the future availability of the second edition of his award-winning book, Google Your Family Tree.
While supplies last, any new purchases of his current first edition
(352 page, softcover) will come with a voucher to receive the second edition for free when it is released (you'll just need to cover the shipping cost of the free book).

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The hottest new genealogy gadget is the Flip-Pal™ Mobile Scanner - now available from Legacy Family Tree.
If you have been considering purchasing it or just want to know what
all the hype is about, we invite you to attend our free webinar this
Friday, December 2, where the CEO of Couragent, Gordon Nuttall, will
show us how it all works.

Take your Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner with you to scan those precious
documents and photos that Aunt Betty won’t let leave her home. You will
have your own digital copy to pass on your legacy. We will show you how
to overcome research challenges using the Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner.
Family historians and genealogists alike are often faced with challenges
creating quality digital files of both documents and images. Challenges
seem to appear at every turn... in an archive scanning fragile
documents, or on a once-in-a-lifetime trip exploring family roots.
Scanning documents is an essential part of gathering and sharing
genealogy records. Conventional scanners require long hours at your
computer, can't scan documents that are at a remote location, are fixed
in size, and can damage the original fragile document. In this webinar,
we'll show how to use the Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner to scan with high
detail wherever the document is located, and with any size original.
Learn why the Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner is a highly regarded genealogy
research tool and is the only scanner permitted in the National Archives
because it does not risk damaging the original.

The live webinar is scheduled for Friday, December 2, 2011 at 2PM
Eastern U.S., so register today to reserve your virtual seat.
Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to
join that day.

About the presenter
Gordon Nuttall is the CEO of Couragent. Gordon has founded three
other small businesses and two non-profits. His previous successful
innovations have been in digital cameras, desktop scanners, consumer
products software, multi-function peripherals, fax, and personal mass
storage. He has been granted four patents and has three patents pending.
He founded Couragent as a values-based organization, with Courage,
Integrity, Collaboration, Innovation, and Care as its foundation core
values.

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Join us for an introduction to RootsMagic 5, the newest version of this award-winning genealogy software. Learn about features like the Timeline view, Research Logs, CountyCheck, and Media tagging. You’ll also learn about the many enhanced sources, mapping tools, to-do lists, and reports. See for yourself why Family Tree Magazine named RootsMagic, “the best all-around genealogy program . . for both casual and serious genealogists.”

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

This past July, Google users from around the world began registering
for a preview of the new Google+ service. It wasn’t long before the
genealogical community led the charge to adopt this new set of powerful
tools. Our August webinar on Google+ set records for registration and
attendance as family historians and technologists from 72 countries
heard Paul Allen, Dan Lynch, and Mark Olsen formally introduce The
Google+ Project to the worldwide family history community. In fact, the
event attracted viewers from outside the world of genealogy too!

In this updated webinar, Dan Lynch will step us through a closer look
at Google+ and we’ll see how he and others are putting various features
of the service to use for individual family history work, but also for
societies and other organizations. As author of the award-winning book,
"Google Your Family Tree" - Dan continues to share the benefits of
Google and other technology offerings with family historians from around
the world. You won’t want to miss this event!
The live webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 2PM
Eastern U.S., so register today to reserve your virtual seat.
Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to
join that day.

About the presenter
Dan Lynch, a.k.a. "Mr. Google" is a technology marketing consultant,
professional genealogist, and popular international speaker. One of the
first to recognize Google's strengths for family history research, Dan
authored the award-winning book "Google Your Family Tree", and is
already helping the genealogical community understand the benefit of
Google+ (see his blog at http://GooglePlusforGenealogists.com).

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Presenter: Mr. Tim Pinnick, author, article writer, national speaker, and researcher. He is a recognized specialist in black newspaper research and the author of Finding and Using African American Newspapers, published in 2008.

Topic:Finding and Using African American NewspapersTim will provide detailed information pertaining to the process of locating African American newspapers will be presented along with a number of valuable tips and strategies to find news on ancestors—whether they lived in a bustling metropolis or a rural town.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

"Nobody has to know how easy it is" is how today's presenter,
Jefferson Shupe, described the process of creating a shareable CD. Using
the Create CD tool in Legacy Family Tree (which launches the free,
standard edition of Passage Express which is included with Legacy),
anyone can easily create a CD with pictures, slideshows, and an easy
navigational menu to share with friends and family. Jefferson gave a
terrific and thorough demonstration of his Passage Express software.

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deluxe edition adds even more functionality, which Jefferson described
well in the webinar.

Monday, November 14, 2011

This week's webinars will get you ready for the holidays by learning how to best share your family history.Creating a Shareable CD with Legacy and Passage Express Software presented by Jefferson Shupe on Wednesday, November 16, 2011.

Want to share your work with the
relatives? Watch how easy it is for Legacy users to create professional
multimedia CDs to pass around at your next family function. The Passage
Express software (standard edition included with Legacy) includes
slideshows, royalty-free music, an impressive menu designer, and lots
more. It's always a good idea to back up your work. Why not get your
family excited about their ancestry at the same time? Who knows, you may
get offers to help with your genealogy work! Join Passage Express
developer, Jefferson Shupe, for this 90 minute webinar. We'll also have
great door prizes to give away!

Share Family History with Heritage Collector Software presented by Kathleen Bitter on Friday, November 18, 2011.

Join Heritage Collector's Kathleen Bitter
as she shares great holiday ideas and teaches how to make: Personalized
Christmas cards, Christmas letters and slideshows, 12 month Family
Calendar - a perfect family present for kids and grandchildren,
Storybook pages for the holidays, Ideas to help you with your Christmas
craft gifts. All of this and more can be achieved using the Legacy
add-on software, Heritage Collector.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Time: 7:00pm EasternPresenter: Mr. Kevin Pratt, Manager of Reference Core Two, at the National Personnel Records Center in St. LouisTopic:Military Personnel Records with a focus on the military records located at the National Personnel Records Center and how these records can be accessed and by whom, and some unique services that are provided to help veterans and their families.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

"I learned research techniques today that I'd never thought of
before," is how one viewer described today's webinar by Thomas MacEntee.
In It Is Well With My Soul: Finding Ancestors Amid the Rubble of Disaster and Misfortune
Thomas taught how different events affected our ancestors' lives and
consequently how the genealogical records were also affected. In
addition to teaching about the available records, he pointed viewers to
the best websites, including his favorite disaster website -
GenDisasters.

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Creating a Shareable CD with Legacy and Passage Express software with Jefferson Shupe, November 16.

Celebrate the Holidays and Share Family History with Heritage Collector software with Kathleen Bitter, November 18.

A Closer Look at Google+ with Dan Lynch, November 30.

Tracing Immigrant Ancestors with Lisa Alzo, December 7.

"Is My Pet Frog Part of My Family?" Children and Genealogy in the Classroom with Maureen Taylor, December 14.

Digital Books and Sites for Genealogists with James Tanner, January 4.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Our ancestors persevered in spite of disaster and misfortune so that we could be here today to tell their stories. Join webinar favorite, Thomas MacEntee, to learn how to locate evidence of their experiences and how to add their first-hand accounts to that body of evidence.

Horatio Spofford, author of the hymn "It Is Well With My Soul," overcame immense tragedy, misfortune and disaster (the death of his only son, the Great Chicago Fire, a shipwreck which killed his four remaining daughters) to not only stay true to his values but to help others and still keep a positive outlook on life. How did our ancestors persevere and survive in the face of disaster - natural, manmade and financial - so that we could be here today to tell their stories? In this webinar, learn how to not only locate your ancestors amidst the rubble, but give voice to their stories.

The live webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 2PM Eastern U.S., so register today to reserve your virtual seat. Registration is free but space is limited to the first 1,000 people to join that day.

About the presenter

Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community. Utilizing over 25 years of experience in the information technology field, Thomas writes and lectures on the many ways in which blogs, Facebook and Twitter can be leveraged to add new dimensions to the genealogy experience. As the creator of GeneaBloggers.com he has organized and engaged a community of over 2,000 bloggers to document their own journeys in the search for ancestors.

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Time: 7:00pm EasternPresenter: Mr. Kevin Pratt, Manager of Reference Core Two, at the National Personnel Records Center in St. LouisTopic:Military Personnel Records with a focus on the military records located at the National Personnel Records Center and how these records can be accessed and by whom, and some unique services that are provided to help veterans and their families.

Friday, November 4, 2011

"At last a filing system that is easy and fun to use - best system
I've come across for my way of doing things" is how one viewer described
today's webinar on getting organized by Mary Hill. Not only did she
excel in teaching us how to get organized, but she was a delight to
listen to. You could actually "hear" her smiling as she spoke to us.

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It Is Well With My Soul: Finding Ancestors Amid the Rubble of Disaster and Misfortune with Thomas MacEntee, November 9.

Creating a Shareable CD with Legacy and Passage Express software with Jefferson Shupe, November 16.

Celebrate the Holidays and Share Family History with Heritage Collector software with Kathleen Bitter, November 18.

A Closer Look at Google+ with Dan Lynch, November 30.

Tracing Immigrant Ancestors with Lisa Alzo, December 7.

"Is My Pet Frog Part of My Family?" Children and Genealogy in the Classroom with Maureen Taylor, December 14.

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